Champaign, OH:  Last Call!!

It’s Last Call…you know how to groove it!!

Order or be sad that you missed out on the goodness of the little local market of love…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Champaign, OH:  Feelin' Groovy...

Slow down, you move too fast…
You got to make the morning last…
Just kicking down the cobble stones…
Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy…
Feelin’ groovy…
(Simon And Garfunkel – The 59th Street Bridge Song (feelin’ Groovy)

Today was one of those groovy kind of days! One of those days where the sidewalks were all alive, my shop neighbor and I were laughing on our back porches, friends were coming and going, it was warm, customers were buzzing in, and the sunshine just made you happy. And, you felt loved. Groovy all around…

So, let’s continue this groovy feeling at our little local market of love…

You have one hour!!! Take advantage, get your orders in, and then sit back, enjoy the week, and let us groove your groovy orders!!

Make me happy, make me feel even more groovy…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Russellville Community Market:  RCM Order Reminder

Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing for orders tonight at 10:00 p.m. Get your orders in soon!

Happy ordering!

We hope to see you on Thursday for the market pick-up!

Check out our Facebook page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events.
Be sure to click on the “Like” button at the top of the Facebook page to get automatic updates. Thanks!

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
Russellville Community Market

ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Reminder

There is an indigenous American folktale told by the Cherokee that seems relevant to our seasonal produce. According to the origin myth, Sky Woman and First Man had an argument. After Sky Woman left, First Man was overwhelmed with regret. However, First Man couldn’t catch up with Sky Woman; she was too fast. In compassion, the sun created strawberries to distract Sky Woman from her anger so First Man could catch up to her and apologize.

The market is still bursting with vibrant colors of red and green today. Take a break from the hectic week and allow the colors of local produce to distract you for a moment today. Who knows? Maybe what you find in the market will alow you to catch up with your loved ones over a plate full of sun-filled food.

Remember to enter your order this week before the market closes Wednesday at noon!

Here’s to blue skies!

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager

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Champaign, OH:  Show Your Mother Some Love

It’s the annual Sunshine Gardens Mother’s Day Open House!! This coming weekend!!

It’s tradition, and it’s great fun!! As always, they will be offering annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, herbs, vegetable plants, baked goods, Amish cheeses, refreshments, and door prizes!!

What a way to shop for your mother, spend the beautiful days of the weekend, or just to treat yourself!!

Friday and Saturday, May 8& 9…open from 9am-7pm, both days!!

11772 N. SR 4, Mechanicsburg!!

Go out and enjoy the tradition that is Sunshine Gardens Mother’s Day Open House!

CLG:  Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.

Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup on Friday, May 8th. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm.

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Our Website:

www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846

Champaign, OH:  Have A Little Faith In Me

You know time, time is our friend…
Have a little faith in me…
(Joe Cocker – Have A Little Faith In Me)

Well, have faith in this market, have faith that we strive to continue to bring you the best of the best, and have faith that this little local market of love continues to grow, build, add, and groove into what is going on it’s fourth year in operation!!

Yes, that’s right…we continue with the original vision, the original hope, and the original growth plan!! Your three market managers, myself, Mark, and Charlene, have been a part of this market since before it even opened it’s doors. We are some of your original vendors. We began volunteering with the market in the late spring and early summer of that first year. The three of us were the among the first faces that helped run the onsite location. We then stepped into what would become the management team both onsite, and behind the scenes, that you have grown to know and love!! We watched the market begin with the bare bones of a working market. Each year, we watched the numbers of customers, vendors, sales, all climb. We became a solid market. We became a permanent fixture at the YMCA. We got shiny new equipment. We have become a community name. We are now the market umbrella that encompasses all area farmers markets.

We are the faces, the vendors, the products that you put your faith in, each week. You are the faces, the customers, the sales, that we have faith in seeing, each week.

It took all of us…the circle that makes up this community, the circle that is this little local market of love…to make us the little powerhouse that we are, today!!

Have a little faith? Yes…it’s what this market was built on.

It’s Tuesday…the market will close, tonight, at 10pm! Get your orders in!! Don’t forget to take advantage of the short season that is asparagus!! Beth, of Harrigan’s Harvest emailed me that her crop is crazy growing and over the sad freeze of last week!!

Make me happy, show me that faith, place your orders…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

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Old99Farm Market:  OLd 99 Farm, week of May 3rd, 2015

You should see the lambs trying to get into the greenhouse! I let them out of the north house which I used as a lambing shed and they go exploring. Green grass isn’t good enough for them, they have to eat the kale and claytonia that is growing in the south house, along the wall, now rolled up to reduce heat. I even had to chase them right outside, until I lowered the sidewall enough to discourage them.

Last year I put the cows out to pasture on May 18th; this year may beat that by a week.

We’ve got lots of seedlings growing in flats, including a variety of flowers, so when the time comes I’ll offer them for sale.

We have 38 items to offer this week, adding chives and lovage to the lettuces, kale, spinach (ho! lots of spinach this year), etc.

Here’s my internet crib for the week:

Five Foods We Thought Were Bad for Us, Now Turn Out to Be Good

Here are five nutritional flip-flops, and a few more where the jury is still out.

1. Eggs. Unless you are diabetic, there is no evidence that dietary cholesterol results in plaque building up in your arteries (studies on diabetics have shown possible correlation but nothing definitive).
In addition to protein, eggs contain lots of great nutrition, including omega-3s and B-vitamins.
Bottom line: Eat your eggs.
2. Saturated fat/red meat. In 2014, a study out of Harvard, comprised of over one million people, found no link between the consumption of unprocessed red meat and either heart disease or diabetes. Another study out of Europe of over 450,000 individuals came to the same conclusion.
However, both of these studies did find a link between processed meat (hot dogs, cold cuts and the like) and disease.
Bottom line: If you want a burger, eat one, but think twice about that salami (processed meat) sandwich. But health reasons aside, the consumption of meat in the world sustains factory-farming of animals, which is the source of horrendous misery for billions of cows and pigs and is literally killing the planet because of the carbon, air and land pollution it creates.
3. Butter. …the duel between margarine and butter has been classic, but it seems that butter has finally gained the upper hand, in fact it is margarine, with its high trans fat content, which studies have shown is the heart disease enabler.
Meanwhile, butter is a good source of fat-soluble vitamins like A, E and K2, and actually raises the good HDL level in your blood, while lowering the bad LDL. As for the extra calories? No worries. A 2012 study concluded there was no correlation between high fat dairy and obesity.
Bottom line: Butter your toast. But remember most dairy you consume comes from factory farms, so try to buy butter that comes from grass-fed cows.
4. Coffee.
It turns out that the dark side of coffee was greatly exaggerated. Yes, there are negative aspects of coffee. It is addictive…
Now for the good stuff. Coffee is loaded with antioxidants (in fact, some Westerners actually get more antioxidants from coffee than from fruits and vegetables). Coffee enhances brain function (as do most stimulants), may protect your brain from degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and may ward off Type 2 diabetes and even liver cancer.

5. Avocados. the creamy fruit (yes, it is a fruit, not a vegetable) is a source of mono-saturated fat that does not clog your arteries or increase your cholesterol level, and in fact helps sweep away the bad LDL in your blood.
Bottom line: Eat as much guacamole as your heart desires.

On the Fence

Red wine: For a long time, scientists struggled with the so-called French paradox. Why is it that the French, whose diet includes lots of saturated fats, still manage to have less heart disease … A more likely cause, we now believe, is the higher amount of fresh fruits and vegetables that the French consume, as well as the lower amount of processed foods.

Salt: Considered a contributor to high blood pressure and resulting heart attack and stroke risk,…Now a major study, called the PURE study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to show that limiting salt intake has any effect on health.

Sorry, These Are Still Bad For Us

Bacon: Unprocessed meat good. Processed meat bad. Bacon tastes great and is very bad for you.
[ouch that hurts, I eat 3 slices a day!]

Sugar: It’s bad for you. It was then, it is now. And it’s not just the tooth decay or the obesity or the diabetic risk; studies increasingly point to sugar as a culprit in inflammation, which may link to autoimmune diseases, cancer, heart disease, and more.

Listen to the old saw: everything in moderation. And no matter what, no one will ever say too many fruits and veggies are bad for you. Eat lots of those and you really won’t need to worry too much about the rest.

Source: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30561-five-foods-we-thought-were-bad-for-us-now-turn-out-to-be-good (at 5/4/2015, 11:04 PM)

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami